I stopped trying to help people, until senior year. My mother was out working the night shift as usual at the hospital when armed men waltzed in. Apparently they were searching for some awakened who had hurt someone they knew, and was recuperating at the hospital my mom worked at. It was all over the news within the hour. I must have caught a glimpse of the breaking 9 o'clock news, but when they m...

What did you do? She asked.

I loved you the only way I knew.

What did you do?

I worked to provide the life you deserved.

What did you do?

I tried and tried again only to fail in the end.

She was the sun and I the moon.

Forced to chase each other, but fated to never catch her

for an eternity.

What did you do?

Lose the only thing I ever truly loved....

The genie seemed impatient, as if he had somewhere to be except inside that lamp of his. I had one wish left. I had already wished for unending riches, an unaging body, what else could I possibly want?

“You have one wish left, and remember you cannot wish for unlimited wishes.?”

What was one to do in this precarious situation? I could wish for powers beyond human comprehension. I could wish to ...